Concerns Grow Over Singapore Pension System

Many Singaporeans Fear They Can't Save Enough to Meet New Minimum Retirement-Savings Threshold

By

Chun Han Wong

Updated June 9, 2014 10:37 a.m. ET

SINGAPORE—A weekend protest over perceived shortcomings in Singapore's state-run pension system has illuminated widening concern among citizens over the inadequacy of their retirement savings.

Saturday's demonstration—involving more than 2,000 people—was one of the largest shows of public dissent in tightly regulated Singapore, where the governing People's Action Party has seen its parliamentary dominance recede in recent years amid...